A Decade of Baddest Bowl Pick 'Em Ever

That's right folks!  This year marks the 10th running of the Baddest Bowl Pick 'Em contest.  When I ran this for the first time in 2006, we had 36 entries.  It was highly personalized, I had nicknames and customized pages for everyone.  Since then, I've sold out and we are much more industrialized.  The entry form is designed for efficiency.  We added the blog instead of e-mail blasts.  Hey, Hoss, maybe we need an app for this thing?  Put together a business model and we'll work it out.

The year before Baddest Bowl Pick 'Em debuted, Ohio St. found themselves in the Fiesta Bowl against Brady Quinn and Jeff Samardzija's luscious locks.  I had just returned from my honeymoon in Punta Cana with my Notre Dame bride.  Needless to say, Troy Smith dispatched of the Irish and all was good in the world.  Shortly thereafter, we found out Stacy was pregnant.  So now I've got a 10-year old Bowl pool, a 10-year marriage, and a 9+ year old daughter.

I'm not sure what my point is here.  In fact, this is the dumbest thing I've ever written.

Rules haven't changed, but I'll reiterate them here anyhow: 

Entry fee is $10 and there is no limit on the number of forms you can submit. 

Preferred payment method is two crisp five dollar bills. You can also PayPal me at: 

kjcarter@gmail.com 

or send me a check to: 

Kenon Carter 
6087 Varwyne Dr. 
Dublin, OH 43016 

Please try to have forms to me by Friday, December 18th at 6:00 PM EST. I will accept forms up until kickoff at 12:00 PM Eastern on the 19th, but prefer to have them a little in advance. 

Rules are as follows: 
Pick the outright winner of all 42 Bowl Games (no point spreads), including the BCS National Championship game. Your picks for the two playoff semifinal games will automatically populate into the Championship game fields for you.

You will assign confidence points to each selection. Assign 42 points to the pick with which you are MOST confident. Assign 1 confidence point to the pick with which you are LEAST confident. 
The participant with the most points WINS! 

S/he who finishes last will win the Angie Guidi Lack of Achievement Award, which is really hard to do. I encourage you to submit a secondary form in an attempt to finish dead last. Harder than you think, tough guy. 
Payouts will be contingent upon the number of participants and announced on Saturday, December 19th.  

Last year's winners:

1st place--Dallas Hannigan $500
2nd place--Lindsay Rice $275
3rd place--Rob Stewart $175
4th place--John Carter $100
5th place--Kevin Dietz $50

Angie Guidi Lack of Achievement Award -- Kyle Burton

Full Standings:

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Dallas Hannigan	3-Jan	580	28	580	24
Lindsay Rice	18-Dec	576	26	576	28
Rob Stewart	28-Dec	563	29	563	21
John Carter (1)	17-Dec	544	24	544	30
Kevin Dietz (2)	18-Dec	538	25	538	31
Kyle Johnston	22-Dec	536	24	536	26
Eli MacKim	20-Dec	530	25	530	23
Doug Rice	18-Dec	524	26	524	27
Papa Stewart	28-Dec	520	25	520	23
Jared Penrod	19-Dec	519	28	519	26
James Hancock (1)	16-Dec	512	25	512	25
Ryan Stewart	26-Dec	512	25	512	23
Max P. Hofmeyer	19-Dec	509	21	509	37
Mia LaCommare	19-Dec	508	23	508	29
Mike MacKim	20-Dec	505	23	505	31
Julie Carter	17-Dec	505	23	505	22
Nick Lauvray	19-Dec	497	24	497	33
Paul Dale (2)	16-Dec	497	23	497	31
Stacy Carter		495	20	495	20
James Hancock (2)		486	22	486	19
Eric Brill	19-Dec	486	24	486	26
Tyson Fillipovich (2)	24-Dec	486	23	486	30
Eric Hostetter	8-Dec	484	24	484	29
Claybird	21-Dec	483	23	483	32
Ed Jones	26-Dec	483	22	483	32
Tyson Fillipovich (1)	24-Dec	480	22	480	35
Matt Neugebauer	15-Dec	476	25	476	29
Kenon Carter		475	24	475	25
Nick Francisco	21-Dec	475	26	475	24
Jimmy Norris	17-Dec	469	23	469	26
John Biemer	9-Dec	467	22	467	31
Dan Bailey	17-Dec	467	20	467	25
Mike Melink	17-Dec	465	22	465	35
Max Hofmeyer, Jr.	19-Dec	462	21	462	30
Mike Kerins (2)	28-Dec	460	23	460	30
Tim Smith	4-Jan	459	22	459	27
Kyle Robbins	19-Dec	456	22	456	32
Randy Jacobs	3-Jan	456	25	456	29
Mike Fitzpatrick	19-Dec	455	20	455	19
Rudy Hofmeyer	19-Dec	455	22	455	30
Richard Tober	27-Dec	455	23	455	31
Paul Widenmeyer	18-Dec	453	19	453	33
Paul Dale (1)	16-Dec	451	17	451	34
Chad Welty (2)	26-Dec	451	22	451	26
Jim Dove	18-Dec	450	21	450	22
Angie Guidi	31-Dec	449	22	449	27
John Stromberg	16-Dec	449	21	449	29
Paul Lacey (2)	22-Dec	447	22	447	24
Tom Kaufman	18-Dec	446	20	446	28
Bryan Hoenig	17-Dec	444	21	444	31
Kevin Dietz (1)	18-Dec	442	20	442	23
Noah LaCommare	19-Dec	440	21	440	17
Ben Widenmeyer (2)	18-Dec	440	21	440	29
Andrew Guidi	20-Dec	438	19	438	29
Nathan Pratt	17-Dec	436	20	436	34
Gavin Biemer	9-Dec	433	21	433	28
Robbie (Walnuts) LaCommare	19-Dec	433	22	433	25
David Frimel (1)	26-Dec	432	22	432	17
Jeff Crouse (2)	19-Dec	432	20	432	18
Corey Ohalek (1)	22-Dec	432	19	432	29
Morgan Helmick	22-Dec	431	17	431	31
Seth Bancroft (1)	28-Dec	429	20	429	17
Brian Kibler	18-Dec	427	22	427	29
Jonathan Giles	18-Dec	427	20	427	24
Chad Shinabargar (1)	28-Dec	427	23	427	29
Jeff Crouse (1)	19-Dec	426	19	426	25
Chad Welty (1)	26-Dec	426	20	426	32
Dan Bialek	22-Dec	425	23	425	32
Patty Hickman	18-Dec	424	21	424	31
Kurt Rosenwald	19-Dec	422	21	422	30
Paul Lacey (1)	22-Dec	421	22	421	24
Joe Lassuy	19-Dec	416	18	416	27
Rob Holub	18-Dec	415	22	415	33
Ed Purcell	20-Dec	409	19	409	33
John Prcela	18-Dec	406	19	406	37
Johnny Jenkins	4-Jan	406	20	406	22
Sean Ring	28-Dec	405	19	405	24
Randy Waclawski	18-Dec	402	21	402	24
Sean Davis	3-Jan	399	20	399	33
Nick Ciarniello	17-Dec	399	21	399	29
Curt Wininger	28-Dec	398	15	398	36
Andy Scism	3-Jan	398	19	398	33
Mike Kerins (3)	28-Dec	398	20	398	27
Chris Rossi	20-Dec	397	19	397	28
Andy Cesario	17-Dec	391	18	391	35
Kristy Kaufman	18-Dec	390	18	390	32
Mike Hroncich	19-Dec	389	20	389	21
Jeff Gilkey	1-Jan	388	20	388	30
Tom Ancelet	18-Dec	386	19	386	25
Mike Kerins (1)	28-Dec	385	21	385	32
Bella LaCommare	19-Dec	385	18	385	37
Kade Rosenwald	19-Dec	385	19	385	24
David McDermott	9-Dec	383	19	383	34
Seth Bancroft (2)	28-Dec	375	20	375	19
Corey Ohalek (2)	22-Dec	371	16	371	29
Derek Galloway	11-Dec	370	18	370	22
Jim Davis	4-Jan	369	20	369	32
Ben Widenmeyer (1)	18-Dec	368	17	368	30
Mike Kerins, Sr.	28-Dec	368	18	368	25
Allan Guidi	26-Dec	365	18	365	36
Grace Hoenig	17-Dec	364	18	364	20
Kcondo (Frimel)	26-Dec	355	18	355	21
Tom Noland	21-Dec	349	18	349	26
Dave Williamson	18-Dec	338	17	338	30
Mark Hoenig	17-Dec	333	18	333	28
Ken Pauly	3-Jan	322	15	322	28
John Carter (2)	17-Dec	321	15	321	26
Chad Shinabargar (2)	28-Dec	317	15	317	28
Jason Jakubson	18-Dec	305	13	305	28
Ryan Hannigan	3-Jan	303	15	303	27
James Skidmore	3-Jan	297	15	297	28
Clay Korsan	8-Dec	254	18	254	30
Kyle Burton	20-Dec	243	15	243	28